Oil-well pump.



M. J. MORTON.

OIL WELL PUMP.

APPLIGATION FILED 111.11. 5, 190B.

985,052. Patented Feb.21,1911.

valves of the acter above stated, theinside of the work UNITED f STATES PATENT OFFICE.

:MARSHALL J. MORTON, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 10F ONE-HALF TO JAMES I. WAGY, 0F' LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

, OIL-WELL PUMP.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patentes Feb. Ve1, 1911.

Application filed March'il, Serial No. 419,402.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, MARSHALL J. MoRToN,

a citizen of the United Statearesiding at Los Angeles, ,in the county of LosAngeles 5 and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Well Pumps, of which the following is a specilcation.4

This invention relates .morefparticularly to pumping appliancesfor use in oilwells which produce heavy crude oil carrying sand or Votherso'lids,and comprises novel constructions incl-udin a snap-ring cupattachment and sandsag'rtator.. In such ,wells ing the-leakage thati'occurs on account of the rapid wearing away; of .the inside of the 'workingbarre1, ',and the other being the stoppage than4 occurs from the accumulations of sand Jinside 'the 'plunger and the standing-valve., -I overcome'` these diicul ties byfprovding a plunger having peculiar .arrangement of metal packing snaprings outsldeof the plunger-body; by also providing the standing-valve with external packing-rings; and by providing inside' the plunger a sand-agitator so constructed as to operate 'automaticallyto keep' the sand loose within the plunger and to prevent the plunger and standing-valve fromgstickin In oilwel -pumps heretofore employed, the standing-valves have been fitted .to the working-barrel bymeans of leathers or babv'alve is 1Withdrawn from its' seat it must be rebabbi-tted or supplied' with new leathers before itvwill again serve its purpose satisfaetorilywithout leaking.

` Heretofore in pumping. wells of the char'- ing-barrel rapidly becomes worn by the action of-the plun er,-andin-time becomes useless .because lo`v the enlargement ofthe chamberV around theplunger, which allows the oil to ow back past'the plunger.

:An object vofthis invention is Vto' provide a pumping appliance which overcomes all of these diiicu ties. 1 v

'59 Aiurther object is'to provide means for preventing the clogging of the pump-valves y.sand or other' solid substances carried i by heavy crude oil.

l V4Another object is to' .provide a ump Yapparatus Qty-attachment. adapted or.' use in worn working-barrels,

two difficulties are to overcome,one be' `bitt, with theresult that when the standing- Y thereby to prolong the life of the working-barrel over that heretofore common.

Another object is to provide a pump in which the standingvalve may'be'withdrawn and replaced from time to time without the necessity of. rebabbitting.

Other yobjects Vof the invention are simplicity, strength, and longer life oflthe appliance. Theaccompanying drawings illustrate the inventiomf fv Figure l 1 4va broken, .sectional elevation of the lower portion of a pump constructed .in accordance 'with this invention and iupo'- sition in a well. The plunger-is shown unsectioned. Fig. 2 is :1n-enlarged, fragmental, sectional detail ofthesame. Figs. 3, 4,1' 5, 6 and7 are-plan sections lookingin .zthe.

directions of the arrows respectively, lines m3, m5, m6 m7, in Fig; 2.'

1' is the usual strainer;v 2, thef-collar screwed' thereon to which theworking-barrel 3 is screwed, andfinwhich the-standingvalve body' 4 seats. All of these parts may be of the usual construction, excep that the standing-valve-body is grooved with an annular groove of considerable widtlnfas shown at 5, and is provided in thev oov'e with snap metal packing rings 6 `whi'c ma be of any desired number.. rings are'shown in the draw' 7 is the standing.-valve-cagenaaid5the standing-valve stopper whichv shown .seatf ed in the seat 9 therefor.-

cagefis pro- 'vided' with a perforation or boreglOrat the top to receive a reduced portion Y- or Vneck 11 of a ,twistedv agitatorfblade 12 which is ofa spiral form as Aseenvin Fig. 2, and extendsupward in .the body of the'pump-plunger aand through a`guide-slot'13 ina crossbar 14 fixed the lower;y end of said plunger. The plunger-body. is made'in sections andl terminates in a solld steelbuttl which is screwed onto the lower .end of la section 15 of the plunger-body, .which section'is externally screw-threaded at its opl osite ends, is provided at its upper end wit a shoulder 16 that may t' the inside-of the unworn working-barrel 3, and is screWed-into'the cage lcontaining the valve-stopper or ball the plunger-body. The spiral agitator upper valve-seat'section 17 of-the-plun' er Q -bodywhich in turn is screwed into thev veblade' l2 is swiveled to thev standing-valve# cage' andlextends therefrom into`- the. plunger-valve-eage and s provided at its upper' yend With :L-lateral stud v2 0-vvl1'ioh rnay be provided-by perforat'ng thefblade 12 and-drive". in a pin therethrough. 1 v he agitator'blade iis-provided with Tall' 'upvvf'udly-projeatingl spike'fgl which is 'preferably lpointed at ,its` upper end','as 'seenat A22, to engage theijlbell-stoppef 19" when tlie i'plunge's lowered below the'jlovver end of' 'lts nornialstrokexforlthe purpose of'bring ing the' stopperfllagainst the spike in Ca-se, vthe stopper 'shouldheone stck-: The a' 'taf' torfbladefis oblong n' ..c1jossse"c tio n an "the guideslot 1 3 corresponds ,illufQrm-tgslmh cross-section j and. is1 o f .s uch size' as to `l;low j theba'r to' slide!r-freely ;.therealeng tpe-@mtg the "saine 'by engge'r'nent'fwith thief-'spiral sides-thereof. .l

The cross-bar 145m y be longitudinellynd -ydedf each of -the parts being notched 'Sb packing rings 24 Whieh'surround said tion below tllefcoller 161 and are norl-rlallyeV 'greater' diameter than theboefofthey-Work 'ng-barreL-so that'they. nust be"compjlge'ssegdfv in. order l'tofenter such bore. The rrband"23 rests upon'the--upper end of theb11tt.14 ,.and

thesplit rings-are thereby heldiniplaoe.

lower end of the 'neck 11 of the a meter-and inside' the' standngva1vefeage4- ,-he length ofthe-neck 11 is greaterthanv thatfofthe boreV 10 vthrdugh-A the' top; of the standnglf valve, and thus spao'efis providedbetween Astrrer.'Wher'i lie-'Samemaybecarried up 'and'- stirrerg may jar the same loose', when said stirrer- 1s raised 'and lowered byfontact 'of said stirrer. and theinsclefeflthetop offthe,

' Ythfe-pin 20'on tlierosslnar. "ljnfeesethe` Upper ball beeomeswe'dged, the plunger lio,

plunger andhfgnot; -beoome paeked, .and vthis p-jgh Wellfpunipdprovided with :stndfing fv'alve, a plunger-a plunger body; `1fn'et al Snap packing-rings onthe" plunger an automatic-rotary sand-agitator;insidetlie lginsi'de'he plunger to keep sand plu'ngen'to causee;j ro'tativev agi-tation inside valvefand a -plun enfend' a` `1' otary agitator Withith'e. stand' ggvalve andoperable by the 'movement orheplunger.' V l eled to theffstandingvalvqf and a partf'cayrfl 'blades to. cause rotary 'movement thereof when the plunger is operated.

j standingfvalve, of. a spiralbla'de sw'veled i`- thereto, aplngerybdy into which the spi;

4ral 'blade extends, and means. ar'ried'by the plunger and'slidable on the spiral-blade t'o `feng e-the sanie to cause rotation thereto relative to\the..plungerbody, and means on said spiral blade `Whe`eby`the same may-be -izo f lifted by the plunger at the upper r 01ft1 1i1i` of'its stroke.

7. A.' pump comprisingl a -Working-l-)arrel',

'an externally-grooved stand-ingvalve-body,

packing-rings in the groove o'sald a;

stopper for said valve-tbody, a cage for the stopper fastened tofthe body, a' stirrer inside the cage,'an ang'i'tatoi'"'s wivel'ed" to` .the

. cage and fastened to the stirrer and extendv a band around spi-111 ge, a plunger pro- 0f upward from the ca ded at its lower end with a butt, a cross in vi bar in said butt provided with a Way through which the agitator extends and adapted to engage said agitatorto rotate the same as the plunger moves up and down, a shouldered section screwed into said butt,

3' agitation inside the plunger 9. A pump provided with a standingvalve and a plunger,4 and a rotary agitator having deflected blades and being movable vertically inside theplunger and connected with the standing-valve and operable by the movement ofthe plunger.

l0. In an oil-well pump, the combination with the standing-valve' andV reciproca-ting plunger, of an agitator blade in theplunger body and a spike suppoited by th agitator-blade in the plunger-body to engage the, valve of the reciprocating plunger and unseat the valve-when the plunger is lowered suiiciently for 'that purpose.

11. In an oil-well pump, the combination with a standing-valve, and a plunger, of a spiral 'agitator supported by the standing# valve, and a bearing carried-by the plunger, the spiral agitator reciprocating through the bearing, and said bearing causing the rotation of the agitator as the plunger moves up and down;

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at VLos Angeles, California, this 29th day of February 1908.v

MAR SHALL J.

In presence of* J. I. WAGY, JAMES R, ToWNsnN-n.

MORTON. 

